Geary & Taylor
View west in front of Hotel Bellevue. Hunt Room, Tiger Room, and High Tide bars. El Cortez Hotel, Hotel Geary in distance. The Glovatorium cleaners, Veda's beauty parlor, Rembrandt Gallery.
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Polk & O'Farrell
View to northeast corner. Originally the J. E. French Company service and parts center building, completed in May 1923. French was a Dodge auto dealer. Razed for the Trinity Towers project, which was completed in 1988. Hotel President visible in background. (PF)
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O'Farrell near Taylor
View to KNBC television building on northeast corner with mural on Taylor Street side. Downtown Center parking garage.
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Geary & Leavenworth
View east down north side of block. Del Monte Grocery, Harold's Re-Bound Club bar, Alcazar Theatre, Hotel Paul, Hotel Geary, Hotel York, and El Cortez Hotel.
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Market near Mason
View east from the sidewalk on Market between 5th and 6th. Movie version of 'Hasty Heart' playing at the St. Francis Theatre. Palm Garden Grill and Marie's at right. Esquire and Telenews Theatres, Flood Building at left. (black and white positive film)
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Market near 6th
View west on Market from the center island near 6th Street. Weinstein Co., United Artists Theatre, Embassy Theatre at left. On right, Hotel Shaw, Paramount Theatre, Regal Theatre, Crystal Bowl, and Painless Parker, dentist at right. K-line streetcar at center, trolley bus at right with wings livery. (black and white positive film)
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Market near 7th
View east on Market from sidewalk opposite Jones between 6th and 7th. Clinton Cafeteria, Sterling, Weinstein Co. at right. Golden Gate Theatre and Warfield Theatre at left.
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Market near 7th
Mrs. Mike'playing at the United Artists Theatre on Market between 6th and 7th opposite Jones Street. Center's Theatre at left and Squire's Department Store at right.
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Jones & O'Farrell
California Street Cable Company O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car decorated for Cable Car Carnival and advertising Darbee's Florist. Jones Cafe, Quinn Garage, Hotel York
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Geary & Jones
Sacramento Northern Streetcar Birney #62 excursion. The building on the near right corner was built as the Driscoll Apartments in 1909 or 1910.
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Taylor near Eddy
Residential apartments built in in 1910 at 225 Taylor Street between Ellis and Eddy. The Olympic Hotel on Eddy Street is in the background. The small structure next door has been demolished and the lot is now part of a large multiunit residence.
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Ellis near Jones
The Golden Gate Photo Engraving Co. at 369 Ellis Street, built 1924. Coronado Hotel to the right, empty storefront at left.
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Ellis near Jones
Hotel Coronado at 373 Ellis Street, and the El Coronado Restaurant, built 1910. Now a Community Awareness and Treatment Services (CATS) hotel. To the left is the Golden Gate Photo Engraving Co., and to the right is a restaurant.
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Leavenworth & Golden Gate
View northeast across intersection to the oldest still extant stable building in the Tenderloin, built as the Santa Clara Stables by architects O'Brien Brothers in 1909, later the Civic Center Garage. It was the offices of the Golden Gate Theatre & Realty Corp., owned by Samuel H. Levin and his son Irving 'Bud' Levin, the latter being the founder and director of the San Francisco International Film Festival, 1957-1964. The building was the festival's headquarters during those years. The company shared the offices, as well as company ownership with United California Theatres, Inc., which grew into United Artists Communications. (PF)
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400 Geary
View north across Geary at Mason to Harvey's Kitchen, Samon Hair Goods and Armand. Building still stands in 2021 with Jack In The Box restaurant at street level and Biscuits and Blues club in basement. (AS)
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Loew's Warfield Theater
Theater staff dressed in costume for 'Show Boat' posing on inside stairway
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St. Francis Theatre
Previously Empress, Strand Theatres. 965 Market Street near Mason. Showing 'The Enforcer'with Humphrey Bogart, with elaborate advertising and models of hands holding guns hanging from marquee. Demolished 2013.
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Taylor & Ellis
Night view north on Taylor from Ellis, auto accident, with people, crowd ambulance. 7:45PM Glide Church at left. Hotel Del Rey at right (demolished)
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Taylor & Ellis
Night view southeast at the intersection of Taylor and Ellis, auto accident 7:45PM
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Taylor & Ellis
Night view west on Ellis from Taylor auto accident, with people, crowd ambulance. 7:45PM Glide Church at right.
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